Mail Delivery in the 18th Century
When Post Masters received letters, they listed the names in the newspapers of those to whom the letters were addressed. If the letters were not picked up by a specified date, they went to the Dead Letter Office.
When Post Masters received letters, they listed the names in the newspapers of those to whom the letters were addressed. If the letters were not picked up by a specified date, they went to the Dead Letter Office.
On the evening of December 11, 1777, Carlisle tailor George Wright, gunsmith Abraham Morrow, shoemaker Edmund Kean, John Gibson, John O’Neal, Fife Major Richard Stack and several others were at the dwelling house and unlicensed tavern of barber Joseph Sabolle of Carlisle.